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Despite sweep, 12 BJP candidates fall in close contests

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party made a spectacular show in the Bihar assembly elections with almost all of its 101 candidates registering massive wins, 12 of the nominees missed the bus. IMAGE:......

NDA Tsunami Sweeps Away Mahagathbandhan In Bihar

The ruling National Democratic Alliance decimated the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Friday to retain power, reaffirming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's......

'Voter Is Keeping Centre On Tenterhooks'

'If you want to win you need to perform.''Governments have found a way to buck anti-incumbency, but one policy intervention will not pay in all elections.' IMAGE: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader......

British Indian ex-minister Alok Sharma knighted; 30 more PIOs to be honoured

Alok Sharma, an Indian-origin former UK minister, has been knighted for his contribution to combatting climate change through his leadership at the COP26 summit by King Charles III in his first New......

Why women are rubber stamp leaders in Bihar's villages

Violence mars Bihar's efforts to empower women, promote self-governance, reports Alok Gupta Kunti Devi, candidate for the mukhiya's post in Marmakha panchayat, Motihari, was riding pillion with......

'Insurance Sector Is At An Unstable Equilibrium'

'Other sectors that manage the savings pools of Indians are giving tough competition to life insurance companies.' Kindly note that this illustration generated using Microsoft Copilot has only......

Power network sharing plan will face 3 key challenges

The ambitious proposal by the power ministry to allow network sharing between distribution licensees operating in the same geographical area will face three key challenges, said a former......

Google AI Bets Big On Indian Farms, Languages

Google says its AI models are being used across sectors in India, from improving maternal health programmes and streamlining patient-care to supporting agri-tech solutions and advancing the......

Diabetes Drug Price Drops 90%

India is home to more than 100 million diabetics, and the demand for anti-diabetic drugs is on the rise -- the Rs 20,611 crore anti-diabetic drug market in India is growing at 9 per cent or so.......

Modi's Budget agenda: Jobs, farm productivity, funds for infr

Job creation, improving farm productivity, and mobilising public funds for infrastructure development were some of the issues that figured during the interaction between Prime Minister Narendra......

'Neena Gupta And I Would Fight A Lot'

'I need to work to find some joy in this life.' IMAGE: Kanwaljit Singh with wife Anooradha Patel. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anooradha Patel/Instagram Kanwaljit Singh loved the fact that everyone......

The Neena Gupta Interview You Must Read!

'I toh don't even understand making crores because I have never done such a commercially hit film in my life.''It's unbelievable for me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Neena Gupta/Instagram There are......

Can you recognise these actors?

Neena Gupta posted throwback pictures of her batchmates from the National School of Drama and wrote 'When we all started at National School of Drama!' Neena Gupta passed out of NSD in 1980.......

PIX: Newlyweds Divyanka, Vivek at their Mumbai reception

After an elaborate wedding in Bhopal on July 8 and a reception in Chandigarh on July 10, newlyweds Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya threw another reception party in Mumbai on July 14 for their......

'Thank you, Sir Richard, for focusing world attention on India'

'That night -- when Gandhi won Best Picture at the 1983 Oscars belonged to India and it meant a lot to a young student like me who was trying to establish his Indian identity among the Americans......

Why DDCA president Rajat Sharma is in trouble...

IMAGE: DDCA president Rajat Sharma. Photograph: BCCI As many as eight Board of Directors of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) have signed a joint resolution for withdrawal of all......

Meet the new DDCA boss

IMAGE: Rajat Sharma and his panel's candidature was backed by a political heavyweight from the ruling party with the IOA president Narinder Batra throwing in all his might. Photograph: PTI......

Cricket Buzz: Aus paceman Siddle retires from internationals

IMAGE: Peter Siddle made his Test debut in Mohali in 2008 and claimed India's Sachin Tendulkar as his maiden wicket. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Australia paceman Peter Siddle has......

Mushtaq Ali T20: Binny stars in Karnataka's thrilling win over Mumbai

Karnataka bowlers held their nerves to eke out a hard-fought one-run victory against a formidable Mumbai side in a Group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Cuttack on Sunday. Chasing 163 for......

DDCA apex council slams Ombudsman's order reinstating Rajat

Nine of the 15 Apex Council members rejected the Ombudsman's role and highlighted the issues affecting the running of the sport in DDCA. IMAGE: DDCA ombudsman Justice (Retd) Badar Durrez Ahmed had......